Vermont residents 16 and older can schedule a vaccine appointment starting April 19. “I can tell you the excitement is real,” Gary Derr, Vice President of Operations and Public Safety at the University of Vermont, said. As colleges in the state near the end of the spring semester, they now look forward to the future now that a majority of their community could be vaccinated in time for the fall semester.”If they’re a college student and they’re a Vermont resident, then they can be vaccinated,” Governor Phil Scott, (R) Vermont, said. “If they maintain their out-of-state status they cannot at this point in time.”At Norwich University, some qualified students preparing for military careers have already received their vaccine, courtesy of the Department of Defense.”We’re not that much different from other universities,” Daphne Larkin, Director of Media Relations at Norwich University, said.The school is using an anonymous survey to get an idea of who may still need it ahead of the fall semester. “We strongly encourage everyone in our community to get the vaccine,” Larkin said. St. Michael’s College are also preparing for their approach to vaccinate students, telling NBC5: “The topic of vaccines for students is actively being discussed with the Department of Health and our peer institutions. At this time, we don’t have any decisions yet.””We’ve had preliminary discussions nothing set in stone about how the vaccine could be deployed on campus as opposed to making people travel off campus,” Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Health Commissioner, said. The University of Vermont is currently preparing information to distribute to students and remains open to being more involved in distributing vaccines to them too.”It’s certainly something we would consider,” Derr said. “We’ve said that if the opportunity comes up to be able to get vaccines that we might be able to be a partner with them on that.”UVM wants students to return from their summer break to a more normal campus.”I just think when we return in the fall it’s going to be that UVM that we remember prior to the pandemic.”Since people can receive their first shot at one location and their second at another location, UVM is encouraging all of their students to prepare for their second shot while scheduling their first. They say students may wait weeks to get that first dose, so their second dose may not come until after they’ve finished for the spring semester.
Vermont residents 16 and older can schedule a vaccine appointment starting April 19.
“I can tell you the excitement is real,” Gary Derr, Vice President of Operations and Public Safety at the University of Vermont, said.
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As colleges in the state near the end of the spring semester, they now look forward to the future now that a majority of their community could be vaccinated in time for the fall semester.
“If they’re a college student and they’re a Vermont resident, then they can be vaccinated,” Governor Phil Scott, (R) Vermont, said. “If they maintain their out-of-state status they cannot at this point in time.”
At Norwich University, some qualified students preparing for military careers have already received their vaccine, courtesy of the Department of Defense.
“We’re not that much different from other universities,” Daphne Larkin, Director of Media Relations at Norwich University, said.
The school is using an anonymous survey to get an idea of who may still need it ahead of the fall semester.
“We strongly encourage everyone in our community to get the vaccine,” Larkin said.
St. Michael’s College are also preparing for their approach to vaccinate students, telling NBC5:
“The topic of vaccines for students is actively being discussed with the Department of Health and our peer institutions. At this time, we don’t have any decisions yet.”
“We’ve had preliminary discussions nothing set in stone about how the vaccine could be deployed on campus as opposed to making people travel off campus,” Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Health Commissioner, said.
The University of Vermont is currently preparing information to distribute to students and remains open to being more involved in distributing vaccines to them too.
“It’s certainly something we would consider,” Derr said. “We’ve said that if the opportunity comes up to be able to get vaccines that we might be able to be a partner with them on that.”
UVM wants students to return from their summer break to a more normal campus.
“I just think when we return in the fall it’s going to be that UVM that we remember prior to the pandemic.”
Since people can receive their first shot at one location and their second at another location, UVM is encouraging all of their students to prepare for their second shot while scheduling their first. They say students may wait weeks to get that first dose, so their second dose may not come until after they’ve finished for the spring semester.
